Mailchimp
Paste an API keySubscribe people to an audience from flow data.
What you can do
- Add a Mailchimp subscriber — email into an audience, duplicate-safe
No false success: every send/create in Mailchimp is verified — ASHDOCS reads the item back from Mailchimp's API before the step turns green. If it can't be found, the run fails honestly instead of pretending.
Get your Mailchimp credentials
- 1In Mailchimp click your avatar → Account & billing → Extras → API keys.
- 2Create a key and copy it — keep the -usXX suffix, it routes to your datacenter.
Add the connection in ASHDOCS
- 1Open the Connections page in the flows console.
- 2Click “Connect with a key” and pick Mailchimp.
- 3Paste: API key. ASHDOCS validates the credentials against Mailchimp before saving — a bad key is rejected with a plain-English reason, never stored.
Use it in a flow
In the flow builder, add the Mailchimp step, pick your connection, and fill the fields — values from earlier steps drop in as {{s1.field}} placeholders. Then hit Test this step in the step's panel to run it on its own before switching the flow on.
Troubleshooting
“refused the subscriber”
Check the Audience ID (Audience → Settings → Audience name and defaults) — it's not the audience's display name.
Member already exists
That's fine — the step reports already_subscribed:true and still verifies the member exists.
FAQ
Is the subscription verified?
Yes — the member is read back by email-hash and the step only goes green when Mailchimp confirms it.
Double opt-in?
Subscribers are added with status subscribed — switch your audience to double opt-in in Mailchimp if you need confirmation emails.